Land swap delivers council bikeway

MACKAY Regional Council has swapped a parcel of land the size of three parking spaces in order to fix a "missing link” in its cycle network.

The 45sqm frontage along Holts Rd was needed to establish a corridor for a bikeway being designed there.

The owner of the lot, rather than settle on compensation, decided to exchange the land in the front for an equivalent size at the back.

Councillors on Wednesday unanimously voted to approve the deal after a report found it was in ratepayers' best interest not to go to an auction and that the swap did not have adverse impacts on either party.

The slice of land was worth about $5000, according to the council report.